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Milton from the Bust - My Tenth Head by John Michael Rysbrack — VisualArtsDB

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Milton from the Bust - My Tenth Head

Milton from the Bust - My Tenth Head

Milton from the Bust - My Tenth Head

John Michael Rysbrack

1817–1827

Medium: Black and white chalk, with stumping, on blue wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 51.8 × 37 cm (20 7/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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